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| | West Papua 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | Vanimo, the provincial capital of West Sepik on the West Papua border, is on full alert, residents reported. |
 | | The Bishop of West Sepik, Cesare Boniventu, said the church has been helping hundreds of people near Wutung village, on the border, but provincial officials have now blocked the church operation. |
 | | Indonesian troops began infiltrating Irian Jaya (West Papua), a former Dutch colony, in 1962 after the Dutch departed, and in 1969 a UN-organized referendum ratified Indonesian sovereignty over the province (this Act is now questioned because the way it was carried out did not satisfy international guidelines). |
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